And we look back at the past week in business, when us markets had their worst day since november, and the economy was the main focus in the uk election. Thats all with our Business Editor, simonjack. We always want to hear from you. Its easy to get in touch with the programme just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to Business Live. It is friday, we have got that friday feeling. We start in france where the new president , emmanuel macron, says he expects no honeymoon from the public after his first week in power. He now has to try and win a majority in next months parliamentary elections and implement the Economic Policy he says can turn the country around. So what is Macron Economics and can it solve frances problems . Macron calls himself neither right nor left, hes a centrist, and, sure enough, the team he announced on wednesday is a diverse mix of figures from the left, right and centre. He says his Economic Policy is based on the nordic model. Whats that . Basically,
Prices, and what you should do if you still want to book something. And in sport, leicester are given a caning. The outgoing champions are hit for six by tottenham, as harry kane scores four, and is now favourite to finish the season as the premier leagues top scorer, and matt goes back to the Jurassic Period in birmingham for the weather. Yes. Good morning. My guest may be prehistoric but it is all about the weekend forecast. It contains a little bit more rain and sunshine as well. Details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Brexit dominated the televised Leaders Debate, which was held last night despite the absence of theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn. The itv event saw little disagreement between the lib dems, green party, plaid cymru and snp as they repeatedly clashed with Ukips Paul Nuttall. Our Political Correspondent tom symonds reports. Five Party Leaders took part. Four Support Britain Remaining in the eu. And in the absence of theresa may and Jeremy Corbyn, they t
Managed to fool hsbcs Voice Recognition Security System, designed to prevent fraud. Good morning, its friday, 19th may. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Breaking news this morning. Swedish prosecutors are ending their seven year long investigation into the wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, who has been accused of rape. Mr assange, whos a5, has been living at the Ecuadorian Embassy in london since 2012, claiming asylum to avoid extradition to sweden. Scotla nd Scotland Yard says it is obliged to arrest him for Breaching Bail Conditions if he leaves the embassy. Julian assange has just tweeted this picture. This is in reaction to that means from sweden. That is the first reaction from Julian Assange, though no statement from him as yet. Lets cfoss no statement from him as yet. Lets cross to the Ecuadorian Embassy in london. Our correspondent, Richard Lister, is there. Richard, so, any expectation we might Seejulian Assange leading that embassy any time soon . I would hav